Total 272 Others level Engineering job vacancies in Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Serve as Chief, Water Management Section within Walla Walla District
• Exercise technical and administrative supervision of staff consisting of engineers, scientists, technicians, and student interns, ranging in grade from GS-3 through GS-13.
• Provide support to the following types of projects: large multipurpose hydroelectric, navigation, and flood control dams, fish and wildlife facilities, recreation facilities, planning studies and other civil works projects.
• Lead all Water Management and Water Quality work for the District.
• Coordinate management and accountability for Water Management and Water Quality Programs with administrative and budget personnel.
• Recruit, select, and develop personnel; facilitate training and mentoring to provide a means for staff to maintain technical competency.
• Perform supervisory personnel management responsibilities; establish work schedules and priorities to ensure mission requirements are achieved.
• Provide technical and policy guidance for the accomplishment of Section assignments and ensure review of completed work for technical adequacy and accuracy, technical judgment, soundness, and compliance.
• Perform or resource District quality control reviews, independent technical reviews, and agency technical reviews of products in the Water Management and Water Quality area of expertise completed by the section, A/E firms and other Districts.
• Initiate and attend conferences, workgroups, and meetings regarding Water Management and Water Quality.

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• Performs professional aerospace engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes to the acquisition, development, or sustainment of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.
• Functions as the organization's technical specialist in design and development engineering for critical systems and subsystems through the evaluating technological trends and formulates overall design concepts and criteria to establish the baseline for state-of-the-art engineering developments.
• Performs complex and comprehensive analysis, disciplined, quantifiable approaches to implement, develop, and document projects.
• Serves as a consultant and technical expert to senior subject matter specialists, agency and/or Department of Defense (DoD) officials responsible for broad program operations.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time to include planning work for subordinates, setting and adjusting short/long-term priorities, prepares schedules for completion of work, and evaluates employee performance.

• Applies extensive knowledge of industrial engineering processes to perform long-range pre-production planning for prime and support workload requirements relevant to depot maintenance.
• Develops/revises standards including labor, material, equipment and facilities for operations cards, labor, and material standards necessary for documentation of work requirements on engine workload and subsequent analysis for refinement.
• Determines the impact of proposed workload changes by planning acceleration or deceleration of production schedules.
• Attends provisioning conferences for material and equipment.

• Serve as Chief, Hydrologic Studies Section within Walla Walla District.
• Exercise technical and administrative supervision of staff consisting of engineers, scientists, technicians, and student interns, ranging in grade from GS-3 through GS-13.
• Oversee hydrologic studies and analysis as it relates to such things as rainfall modeling, reservoir operations, runoff volume forecasting, and developing flow frequencies in ungaged basins.
• Oversee special research studies and investigations related to climate, floods, dam breaks, evaporation, wind, waves, ice, snow hydrology, and water supply.
• Oversee the management of the District’s sediment range program.
• Provide support to the following types of projects: large multipurpose hydroelectric, navigation, and flood control dams, fish and wildlife facilities, recreation facilities, planning studies and other civil works projects.
• Oversee all Hydrologic Studies work for the District.
• Perform supervisory personnel management responsibilities; establish work schedules and priorities to ensure mission requirements are achieved.
• Provide technical and policy guidance for the accomplishment of Section assignments and ensure review of completed work for technical adequacy and accuracy, technical judgment, soundness, and compliance with established criteria.
• Perform or resource District quality control reviews, independent technical reviews, and agency technical reviews of products in the Hydrologic Studies area of expertise completed by the Section, A/E firms and other Districts.
• Initiate and attend conferences, workgroups, and meetings regarding Hydrologic Studies.

• You will translate operations, maintenance standards, and trouble-shooting procedures into comprehensive technical publications.
• You will provide technical recommendations and evaluate department requests for modification of technical manuals and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) products.
• You will interpret technical engineer drawings and translate operations into detailed step-by-step instructions for carrying out tasks, methods, and procedures.
• You will attend product testing events to translate the operations (e.g., maintenance standards, troubleshooting procedures) into comprehensive technical publications
• You will work with others to independently and collaboratively make decisions and execute and/or direct actions in order to explore, reconcile, or resolve major uncertainties, unique situations, and obscure problems

• You will provide oversight of the development, coordination and management of the integrated Test Plan (ITP).
• You will review work items for proper testing requirements and ensures all Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) will be provided.
• You will identify testing key events and milestones that may be required in addition to production key events and milestones.
• You will develop and/or coordinate test schedules with Project Support Engineers (PSE), test site personnel, and other organizations involved in the test events to provide information and status to the project team.
• You will review completed Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) for I-level testing and certify results.
• You will spot check "in progress" testing to verify the sequencing of testing, procedures and methods.
• You will prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information as required.
• You will conduct formal debriefs with the ships utilizing professional briefing techniques.
• You will compile, evaluate, and recommend corrective action for certification process or procedural deficiencies discovered during execution.
• You will apply knowledge of related engineering disciplines to include electrical, electronic, mechanical, and structural in order to analyze problems and determine required level of support from an overall equipment/systems viewpoint.
• You will ensure all tests are scheduled, coordinated, and to manage the execution of comprehensive integrated system testing of shipboard systems.

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• Negotiate and compose technical customer test requirements into effective sled test requirements and measurements
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Establish reporting timelines for post-test data processing and publish written technical reports
• Understand and communicate technical information to stakeholders across various disciplines, both verbally and in writing
• Assist in the creation and archival of accurate and timely test documentation including contract documents, test plans, safety plans, security plans, launch orders, mission reports, etc.
• Document test setup and post-test conditions
• Use a variety of software and analytic methods to deduce test conditions. Test data includes, but is not limited to Doppler radars, high speed cameras, accelerometers and angular rate sensors
• Draw conclusions based on test data and compile into a technical report
• Communicate effectively with test team and customers to achieve proper data collection. Primary modes of communication include technical reports, presentations and meetings/email correspondence
• Work with and motivate team members across diverse functional areas
• Respond effectively to rapidly changing situations

• You will perform operational maintenance on boiler plant equipment to maintain optimum function.
• You will make regular inspections (e.g., checking gauges, rate of fuel consumption, rate of steam) to ascertain boiler operating performance.
• You will direct junior employees in fueling, firing, steaming, and cleaning boilers.
• You will observe control systems to take precautionary measures (e.g., close valves, start auxiliary pumps, change or shut down boilers, secure precipitators) to prevent damage to equipment or injury to personnel.
• You will identify treatment and chemicals to control chemical concentrations, remove impurities, entrapped gasses, or to stabilize fluctuating boiler water conditions.

• Operates one or more types of heavy equipment to push, pull, pile, or load materials such as sand, gravel, earth, coal, moving and covering refuse, and clearing brush, rocks, tree stumps, and other material.
• Maintains, repairs, and constructs flexible roads, pavements, parking areas, airdromes, bike paths, or similar surfaces of asphalt
• Maintains, repairs, and constructs rigid pavements or similar cement and concrete surfaces.
• Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe and clean work environment.
• Uses and maintains tools and equipment

The primary purpose of this position is to serves as a senior non-supervisory engineer for the Civil Engineer Division, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Detachment 6 in support of MAJCOM Strategic and Non-Strategic basing and beddown processes and associated Site Activation Task Forces (SATAFs).

• Executes projects for substantial new construction, renovations, and improvements for real property facilities, encompassing highly specialized or unique requirements, in accordance with all DoD, Air Force, laws and regulations.
• Collaborates with engineers, scientists, and other expert personnel at federal agencies, higher headquarters (HQ USAF, AF MAJCOMs, and FOAs) installation organizations, and other military services, and private organizations to ensure effective identification, evaluation, and provide a unique solution to complex engineering project management issues.
• Provides resource management support.
• Provides technical expertise to activities, staff, installations, and other organizations in order to resolve difficult/unusual facilities planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance problems/issues.
• Communicates critical issues to staff agencies, installations, and superiors.

This position functions as the Engineering Equipment Operator in Grounds and Transportation Section of the Environmental Management Service Line (EMS), Engineering Service at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS). The position reports to, and is accountable to, the Grounds Supervisor for the quality and quantity of work performed by the work unit. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Adjusts attachments for proper positioning and working order, usually without stopping the power unit or the equipment;
• Makes independent judgements, e.g., in treating soil and in deciding which plants will be moved, where they will be transplanted, and how problem conditions will be treated;
• Recommends changes for improvement in the overall landscape plan and obtain approval on projects which require unplanned expense or significant periods of time;
• Performs preventative maintenance prior to, during, and after operation;
• Performs a wide range of landscape management work independently;
• Records corrective procedures used, including any new processes applied and the results achieved;
• Operates mowing and trimming equipment routinely used in the maintenance of high- quality stand of turf grass;
• Operates one or more types of heavy equipment to excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth to rough specifications on such projects as breaking new ground for trails, roads, tunnels, or construction sites;
• Interprets instructions and specifications as related to equipment operation; and
• Other duties as assigned.

• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is a AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director, Nuclear Technology and Integration, directing or supporting the activities of the DoD nuclear enterprise efforts. This position is responsible for all Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Intelligence, Mission Assurance (system vulnerabilities & nuclear weapon effects), Nuclear Certification and AFNWC early phase (pre-milestone A) activities, to include, studies, analyses, and technology development/maturation efforts supporting and leading multiple multi-million-dollar technical efforts. Additionally, this position is responsible for supporting the Center's Special Access Program (SAP) activities, as well as the Center's Nuclear Materiel Management (NMM) and integration Program Executive Officer duties, in support of the Nation's nuclear deterrence mission.

Candidates should have a strong background in professional engineering principles, methods, and techniques to effectively apply advanced engineering theories and practices across multiple weapon systems and platforms. Furthermore, the candidate will assess the impact of emerging technology on current systems and processes to formulate recommendations and solutions.

DUTIES:

• Serve as a nuclear weapon system technical expert, which will lead, manage, direct, and is responsible for activities either directly, or in support of, current and new DoD funded acquisition efforts.
• Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short- and long-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Maintain continuous assessment of AFNWC systems development, production, and sustainment programs to assure proper technical continuity and currency as related to nuclear certification, vulnerability assessments, nuclear weapons effects, intelligence activities, and future nuclear capability development. Primary emphasis is devoted to assessing intelligence information, analysis of alternatives, and technology related to next generation nuclear systems. Emphasis is also placed on the integration of nuclear surety across the Department of Defense and Department of Energy with other systems and subsystems (such as nuclear command and control).
• Keep abreast of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), National Laboratories (i.e., Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia), the Intelligence Community (IC), Navy and industry developments in technical areas. Provide integration and development technical expertise across AFNWC.
• Provide AFNWC with an expert engineering authority and consultant on technologies & operations, that, are applicable for weapon system integration, to meet the intended design and performance-based specification, while minimizing life-cycle costs for current and new weapons systems.
• Provide Intelligence Community (IC) and National Laboratory interface between AFNWC, DOE laboratories and the Air Force Research Laboratory and promote the technology transfer of advanced concept laboratory projects to AFNWC systems applications integration.
• As a technical expert, chair study teams conducting evaluations of AFNWC systems, ascertain the impact of significant technological breakthroughs on systems, and select a best approach from competing approaches to achieve operational capability and technological applicability.
• Direct the course that technical studies should take, culminating in productive solutions. The results of these technical efforts are usually carried through channels by personal, oral presentations, and reports by the incumbent to AFNWC leadership, Air Force Material Command (HQ AFMC), Air Force, and/or the Department of Defense (D0D). Serve on Air Force inter-agency, other government agencies, NNSA and industry technical panels and committees as an advisor in the broad areas of conceptual design and early systems engineering for development planning.
• Advise staff and senior leadership on the proper methods for assessing technology development and integration regarding development and production of nuclear weapons systems. Exercise originality and nuclear technical expertise in planning, managing, and evaluating the technical engineering functions involved in concept development, planning, testing, and modification of advanced technology applications in current and future development projects.

As a Supervisory General Engineer, you will:

• Provide expert level advice relative to various engineering disciplines including civil engineering, structural engineering, ocean engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering and engineering management. 
• Supervise team effort in responding to tasking on special projects and initiatives. 
• Represent the Office in meetings with high-level officials from the Dept. of Transportation, other agencies, vendors and members of external organizations.
• Identify and implement management improvements and enhances efficiencies whenever possible. 
• Plan, organize and conduct research on complex policy and planning issues that involve areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology or interpretation to identify appropriate solutions. 

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated mid- to senior-level professional possessing skills and experience in team leadership, engineering project management, and transportation infrastructure development.

• Manages and executes Asset Management Plans (AMP) and/or Sub-Asset Management Plans (Sub-AMP) for entire installation.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight work force for Sustainment Management Systems (SMS) data standards, collection, and analysis.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight work force for preventive maintenance (PM). Manages PM program in the appropriate approved IT system (e.g. NexGen IT/ACES-WIMS) and maintains records IAW prescriptive requirements.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight contract project development, review, construction, and integration, and warranty management pertaining to respective portfolio.

• Performs O&M engineering involving design and construction that encompasses the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of infrastructure facilities, including utility systems, utilizing professional knowledge of general engineering and architecture.
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs.
• Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of general engineering and knowledge of architecture to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
• Provides consulting services and project coordination. Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.